Proverbs 31:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁰ Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain [because it is not lasting], but a woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised!

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

Common English Bible

³⁰ Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.

Proverbs 31:30 Cross References

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 11:22

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.

1 Peter 1:24

For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Psalm 147:11

but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,

2 Samuel 14:25

Now in all Israel there was no one to be praised so much for his beauty as Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.

Romans 2:29

Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not the written code. Such a person receives praise not from humans but from God.

Ezekiel 16:15

But you trusted in your beauty and prostituted yourself because of your fame and lavished your prostitutions on any passer-by.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of the one without letting go of the other, for the one who fears God shall succeed with both.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman gets honor, but she who hates virtue is covered with shame. The timid become destitute, but the aggressive gain riches.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Proverbs 31:29

“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”

Proverbs 31:31

Give her a share in the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the city gates.